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Social media giants summoned at US Senate hearing for internet safety

CEOs of the social media sites like X, Facebook, and TikTok were called to the hearing to address accusations that they had not done enough to protect children on their websites

Dalit boy humiliated, forced to drink urine and liquor in Ajmer, Rajasthan

Rajasthan comes third highest in the list of states in India that have highest reported incidents of violence against Dalits

Is the Indian EVM & VVPAT System free, fair, fit for elections or can it be manipulated?

A pertinent question that a Citizens Commission on Elections (Volume 1) headed by Justice (retired) Madan Lokur, former Supreme Court Judge, asks as it examines the erosion of autonomous powers of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and also warns of the absence of thorough monitoring and independent hardware and software systems within

Puja in Gyanvapi: Mosque Committee announces bandh, Shahr Mufti Batin Nomani appeals for peace

Late night puja facilitated by the district administration on February 1 resulted in a call for a bandh in minority areas of Varanasi (Banaras) on Friday even as the Shahar Mufti Abdul Batin Nomani called for peace and calm

Ensure fair investigation, protection of dissent & safety of students on FTII campus: Film makers to Pune police

Several groups along with Pune filmmaker and FTII alumnus Umesh Kulkarni and others submitted a letter to the DCP–Special Branch on January 31 requesting unbiased proceedings.

Restoring Inclusive Idea of India in the times of Sectarian Nationalism

Satyapal Malik, the ex-Governor of many states stated that the role of Pulwama and Balakot was very much there in the victory of Modi-BJP...

Ganesh Devy’s lecture cancelled: IIT-Bombay

The premier institute had previously cancelled a lecture on Israel-Palestine conflict by Professor Achin Vanaik in November last year as well as a two-day conference on Left politics in 2022.

2023 Amendment to Broadcasting Rules are clear case of censorship nothing less: Justice GS Patel, Bombay HC

In a 148 page judgement that categorically struck down the controversial amendments to the Rules, Justice Gautam S Patel of the Bombay High Court...

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Indian Muslims need to be protected as much from the communalism of their co-religionists as majoritarian communalism: In remembrance of CM Naim

An intrepid critique of entrenched and entitled Muslim elites, CM Naim, a historian and essayist, recently passed away at 85. Here his work is remembered for its out of the box thinking and commitment to both the culture and language around Urdu; an essay that recalls his works

Delhi Court sentences riots accused for promoting hatred against Muslims, sentences him to 3 years in custody

Lokesh Kumar Solanki convicted for inciting violence during 2020 Delhi riots; court calls his conduct “fuel to already simmering tensions” but releases him citing maximum sentence already served

Harassment by Delhi Police, blatant extortion & human rights’ violation in process of identification of “illegal Bangladeshi immigrants”: Brinda Karat to HM Amit Shah

Brinda Karat, former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from the Communist Party of India (Marxist-CPIM), has in a letter to the union home minister, Amit Shah highlighted the blatant violation of human rights, harassment and extortion, in the ongoing process of "identification of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants" by the Delhi police and other agencies.

Bengali Migrant Workers Detained in Odisha: Calcutta High Court demands answers, seeks coordination between states

Court poses six pointed questions on detention of Sainur Islam and demands answers from Odisha over detention of youth during ‘identification drive’; Court directs West Bengal to appoint nodal officer

Thane School Horror: Principal, attendant arrested for forcing girls to strip in menstruation check, case registered under POCSO

Girls as young as 10 were allegedly stripped and subjected to invasive checks by school staff in Thane’s Shahapur after bloodstains were found in a washroom, prompting arrests, protests, and charges under POCSO and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
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